Author Archives: Kaven Gagnon

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About Kaven Gagnon

System & Network Architect

Linux : SpamAssassin high CPU usage, keep flipping between running and zombie state

You may notice those symptoms after updating SpamAssassin : – High CPU usage – spamd keep flipping between “running” and “zombie” state This probably mean your SpamAssassin installation is missing rule set configuration files. To resolve this issue, simply try running : sa-update Since this should have been automatically done at the installation or upgrade,… Read More »

Office : Where is the Office 2010 Normal.dot file on Windows 7

The normal.dot file is actually the default Office Word template file. Since Windows Vista and ultimately Windows 7, the location changed. This is actually the same location whatever Microsoft Office version you are using. %:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates *Please note that the file is now named “Normal.dotm“

Category: PC

WordPress : Really Simple CAPTCHA show no image after plugin update

If you are using WordPress engine and the Really Simple CAPTCHA plugin for your forms, you may encounter a blank image containing the word “captcha” instead of the automatically generated image after updating the plugin. Here is the procedure to resolve this issue : 1. Login as administrator 2. On the left side menu, click… Read More »

Category: Web

Windows : Automatic login with domain account

This tutorial is about automatically login a user on domain with on a Windows 7 workstation. 1. Open the registry editor : Start > Run > regedit 2. Browse to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon 3. Turn on the auto logon key : AutoAdminLogon 1 4. Set… Read More »

Linux : How to rollback Yum updates on RHEL/CentOS

Having issues and downtime after installing latest updates using “yum update” is always a possibility. This is why having a development environment is so much important when you are running a mission critical infrastructure. However, there is an intermediate solution : using the rollback feature included in Yum. Note this option is actually not enabled… Read More »

Linux : Can’t create volume in OpenFiler

I rescently experienced this issue with OpenFiler which I never had before. Trying to create a volume into a block device simply don’t work – nothing happen when you click to do so. The only difference between this installation and the previous one is the OpenFiler system is installed on another drive/block device than the… Read More »